§ 9:132 — Liability

§132. Liability
A. No physician, healthcare provider, hospital, in vitro fertilization clinic, laboratory
personnel, provider of goods and services, or their agent who participates in the screening,
collection, preparation, transfer, analysis, storage, transportation, fertilization, culture,
cryopreservation, or any other act typically performed during the in vitro fertilization process
of the human embryo fertilized in vitro for transfer to the human uterus shall be subject to
criminal prosecution except in cases where acts were made with criminal negligence as
defined in R.S. 14:12, or specific or general criminal intent as defined in R.S. 14:10.
B. All civil matters brought against any qualified healthcare provider shall be
brought in accordance with the procedures provided by the Louisiana Medical Malpractice
Act, R.S. 40:1231.1 et seq. Any civil matter brought against a nonqualified healthcare
provider shall be subjected to civil liability based upon the applicable standard of care.

Legislative History

Acts 1986, No. 964, §1; Acts 2025, No. 116, §1.